Early Explorers
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain and landed in the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This was the very first permanent English settlement, founded in Virginia in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
This document declared the colonies were free from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
He was the first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
This is the current "Supreme Law of the Land" for the United States.
What is the Constitution?
This was the main reason many explorers came to the New World; they were looking for this "shiny" treasure.
What is Gold?
The Pilgrims landed at this famous rock in Massachusetts.
What is Plymouth Rock?
He was the King of England during the Revolutionary War.
Who is King George III
He was an inventor and scientist who helped write the Declaration of Independence and is also featured on the $100 dollar .bill
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The three branches of government are the Legislative, the Judicial, and this one.
What is the Executive Branch?
This group of people were the very first to reach North America, hundreds of years before Columbus.
Who were the Vikings?
This large group of colonies (like New York and Pennsylvania) was known as the "Breadbasket" because they grew so much wheat.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This famous protest involved throwing tea into the harbor to fight "taxation without representation."
What is the Boston Tea Party?
She was the Native American woman who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
This is the bird that serves as the national symbol of the United States.
What is the Bald Eagle?
Explorers were searching for this "shortcut" through North America to get to Asia faster.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This was the main cash crop that helped Jamestown survive and make money
What is Tobacco?
These were colonists who wanted to remain part of England.
Who are Loyalists?
She is famous for sewing the first American flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
This large bell in Philadelphia has a crack in it and stands for freedom.
What is the Liberty Bell?